How To Have Good Air Quality at Work

Many people feel sick while they are at work and even sometimes after leaving the workplace. I use to be one of those people. I use to work as a office clerk at a old run down building. I would often have symptoms that would make it difficult for me to work. For example, common symptoms I experienced were headaches, runny nose, watery eyes and coughing. After a specialist came and checked out the place they found a mold that was causing the different symptoms that I and a few other employees were experiencing. Research has found that the symptoms typically felt such as the headaches, coughing and watery eyes could do with the poor air quality at the work. According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, "Almost 70 percent of the US workforce works in indoor office settings and over the last 20 years, more and more US workers, and office workers around the world, have reported symptoms related to their indoor environments." As you can see the air quality at work is not a healthy situation for workers. There are things you can do to help ensure good quality of the air at work.

Ask permission from your boss if you can have the workplace checkout by a professional for mold, asbestos and other bacteria that can contribute to the poor health of the employees. Your boss should see the importance of having the place inspected if not because of financial costs see if you can ask all the employees for donations. Let everyone know the inspection is well worth the price of health.

Place an air filter in your workspace. The air filter can help eliminate pollutes and bacteria that can contribute to poor health. A good one to purchase is the Airsource 3000 Air Purifier. There is a review about the Airsource product attached at the end of the article. There are also small air purifiers that you can hang around your neck like a necklace. I know Brookstone sells those for a reasonable price.